 Welcome back everyone! This is CoasterDaddy with a new video, and today I'm going to be talking about Cedar Point. On December 11th, Cedar Point made several announcements for the 2020 season, and in this video I'm going to discuss my personal thoughts on these additions. 2020 is the 150th anniversary for Cedar Point, which is a huge deal, seeing as it is one of the oldest operating amusement parks in the US. Seeing as Cedar Point is known as the roller coaster capital of the world, most people initially thought, including myself, that 2020 was going to see a big new coaster added to the park. As time went on, however, it became more apparent that this would not be the case. I bring this up because I know that there are going to be many people out there that are disappointed about these new additions. I'm not going to tell anyone that you can't be disappointed, but I want to explain why I think these additions will be fantastic for the park as a whole, and a step in the right direction. I think 2021 will be Cedar Point's year for a new coaster, if not 2021, then 2022 at the latest, but Steel Vengeance just opened in 2018 after a couple other huge coaster investments in the few years prior as well. So I'm not complaining about not getting a new coaster in 2020. Getting on to 2020, I'm going to start by talking about Snake River Expedition, the big new ride for the year. Snake River Expedition is essentially going to be a replacement for the old paddle wheel excursions ride, and this is something that I got to experience many times. I always loved paddle wheel excursions, and ever since it's left the park, I've always said that something like that should come back, and a lot of other people apparently did as well. I'm actually really excited about this. It's interesting they use the Snake River name, I think, that maybe could spell out a certain future for Snake River Falls. Honestly, I thought that was a ride that was probably going to be on the chopping block in the near future anyway, and the fact that they're using that name for this ride makes me wonder even more, but getting back to this new ride itself. As far as we know, this is going to follow the same course as paddle wheel excursions. I'm not exactly sure how they're going to do that, if that really is the case, because they have a bridge to get over to Forbidden Frontier now, and that bridge seems really solid, like they're not going to like move that or anything. So I'm not sure exactly how it's going to pan out, but this is actually going to feature animatronics, as paddle wheel excursions did. It's going to feature actual boats that will have to be driven around. They are actual boats that don't have a track, and also what I think is really cool about this is they're going to have live actors interacting with guests on this ride. So that's really cool that they're introducing that sort of live theater element, and I think Cedar Point is trying to move more towards a theme park type direction. Not a full-fledged theme park, obviously, but they're starting to incorporate more of those elements, and I think they're doing a great job with it, so I can't wait to see what this brings. The next addition I want to talk about for 2020 is the Celebrate 150 Spectacular Parade. This is described as a multi-sensory nighttime parade featuring a dozen illuminating floats that pay tribute to iconic moments in park history, and apparently it's going to feature over 100 performers from sailors and acrobatic beach bathers to dancing hotel associates, and they'll interact with guests along the parade route dancing and moving to an original sound score. This sounds pretty cool. It's going to run from June 12th through August 16th. This is something I'm definitely really curious to check out. Unless it's something really spectacular, as the name would suggest, if it really is that spectacular, maybe I'll watch it every now and then. I don't anticipate wanting to watch this all the time. I'll probably watch it once, but either way I think this looks like a really cool addition for the park and a great way to pay homage to the past, and I really can't wait to see what they do with it, because I think they can really do some spectacular things here. Not much to add to that. Moving on to the next thing. Oh, one interesting thing about the concept art provided for this parade. There is a car for Gemini featured on one of the floats here, along with some things from what appear to be other defunctorized at the park. So just going to leave that there. Apparently many years back, Cedar Point had these fruit-shaped juice bottles. They are bringing that back. It's going to be called the CP Juice Company. It says it's going to feature classic fruit-shaped orange, grape, lemon, and apple juice bottles. And it's going to be located next to Scrambler. And according to the press release, the new take of these drink vessels will include a slushy type drink with choices of orange, grape, lemon, and apple. And they're also going to serve smoothies as well. Several different flavors of smoothies like strawberry, banana, pineapple, kiwi, strawberry. All kinds of stuff there. This personally isn't something I'm super excited about. I'll probably try it out just to see how it is. But, you know, that's kind of cool. They're bringing it back. I have heard from at least one person that the juice they used to have actually wasn't that great. I have no idea. I'm too young to remember this. So if you've tried this juice before, let me know how it was. I would like to know. It looks like Cedar Point is trying to make some moves forward in the food department. In 2019, we received two new restaurants at Cedar Point. Hugo's Italian Kitchen, where the Market Buffet used to be by Raptor in the front. And then the all-new Backbeat Queue, which is where Witch's Wheel used to be located. And for 2020, we are getting a rebuild of the Corral. They're rebuilding it from the ground up. And it's going to feature stuff like hand-breaded chicken tenders, pizza, cheddar cheese, jalapeno, classic hot dog on a stick, mozzarella cheese on a stick. The concept art provided for this looks absolutely stunning. I mean, this really looks great. I'm going to talk more about these additions to the main midway after I talk about the next thing, which is French Quarter Confections. French Quarter Confections is going to be located at the very front of the park after you go through the main entrance. It's a confectionery. It's going to have powdered sugar, fudge, cotton candy, waffles, funnel cakes, and the like. The art for this too just looks absolutely stunning. I mean, I can't believe how great these new places look. I'm curious to see how it actually pans out and how good they are. I have been thinking for quite some time that the main midway at Cedar Point really needs a good overhaul. To me, it just looked kind of out of date and not up to par with the rest of the park that has been overhauled and updated over the years. The main midway has just kind of been sitting there, left mostly unchanged. And it looks like with these new additions on the main midway, they're looking to make a step in that direction to improving the atmosphere in the front of the park. And I'm really looking forward to it. I think these look great. I'm really excited to see how these new places are because they just look absolutely fantastic. I think they're really going to help to change up the main midway and make it feel more modern. I think they're going to be doing a lot with the main midway over the next couple of years. I wouldn't be surprised and I'm all for it. They're also going to be adding a Mack Shack. The new Mack Shack is going to be located near Toff's Ice Cream Parlor, and it will allow guests to craft an ultimate Mac and Cheese Bowl. These are macaroni noodles tossed into a cheese block, and the noodles will melt the cheese around them. So it sounds very artisanal and fancy and all that. Honestly, it sounds freaking amazing. I can't wait to try this. I love food. It sounds absolutely delicious. Maybe it's as good as it sounds. Maybe not. You know, that's the thing. We got to wait until 2020 to see how good all this stuff actually is. But to me, it sounds like a good addition to the food lineup at Cedar Point. One of the most exciting things for 2020 in my opinion, and this is something I've been excited for for a while, ever since they said they were going to do this, is the revamping of the Town Hall Museum. Apparently it's going to feature an interactive timeline and it's going to span across Cedar Point's history. There are going to be displays of Cedar Point icons and rotating artifacts and displays, ride logo development and blueprints, concept renderings, models, photos, and a whole lot more. I'm really looking forward to this. The Town Hall Museum really hasn't been majorly updated in years. And although it was nice to kind of go in there and walk around, especially on a hot day, the redevelopment of the Town Hall Museum is going to solely focus on Cedar Point history, which I think is phenomenal, because before it just kind of featured all kinds of different artifacts from the history of America and there were things from Cedar Point thrown in there, of course. There was quite a few Cedar Point things. But now it's going to solely focus on Cedar Point and it sounds like it's going to be much more interactive, more up to date, so it's going to include some more recent history as well as really far back into Cedar Point history, some things that we've never really seen before, and I'm really stoked to see what they have in store. There was also a button trading announced. I don't know all the details about this. To be honest, I haven't tried to find out much about it because it just doesn't sound like something I'm going to be too into. But every day of the season, guests apparently can trade buttons with each other or with different park associates. And limited edition buttons will be available in circulation, buttons that are not available for purchase. So that's kind of cool. You can kind of get some rare things there. On certain days they're going to have different buttons that are very limited, so you'll want to get there on a certain day to get them. I think they're going to pull in a lot of people on certain days that way. Like I said, not really something I'm into, but if you're into collecting buttons and stuff like that, this sounds pretty cool actually. The park is introducing a courtesy core, which are park information agents who interact with guests and offer information while standing on custom raised platforms. So basically a fancy way of saying some kiosks. And apparently this was actually something that was featured years ago at Cedar Point. And this actually sounds like a pretty good idea, in my opinion, like as a guest service thing. One thing that sucks about like the guest services at Cedar Point is there's the main one up front. There's like another small area that a lot of people probably don't know about back by the Magnum. And I don't know if they can do everything at that one as well. Basically before, you would have to walk across the whole park to get to guest services, which is really irritating. I think having these sort of kiosks sprinkled throughout the park is a really good idea overall. The last thing I want to address in my video here is the ticket of a lifetime. This is something else that is a really cool touch, I think. Beginning in February, you're going to be able to enter to win a ticket of a lifetime, which is a ticket that gives you free admission to Cedar Point starting with a 150th anniversary season and last the rest of your life. According to Cedar Point, 150 winners will be chosen throughout the year and each winner will receive a total of four tickets of a lifetime to share with family and friends. Guests can enter to win online, outside the park, and at Cedar Point. This ticket of a lifetime includes admission to Cedar Point, Cedar Point Shores Water Park, free parking, and more. Promotion is not open to residents of New York and Florida. Sorry guys. Anyway, I think this ticket of a lifetime thing is really cool. Like it says, 150 people will be selected apparently and of all of those 150 people, each one of those can pick up to three other people to have a ticket of a lifetime as well. So imagine how awesome that would be. I mean, that would be great. Of course, this is just like a gold pass basically, I guess. It's just a ticket to the Cedar Point property so it's not a platinum pass or anything like that. But I think a lot of people would love to have this. I think it's a great thing that they're doing. I know it's not, you know, a huge addition or anything like that, but still it's cool to see stuff like this. Overall, like I said, I'm really excited about the new additions for 2020. When we heard that they were going to make an announcement on December 11th, I honestly was not expecting a whole lot. We knew that they weren't going to be announcing a new coaster for 2020. That was obvious. I think maybe they could have went a little more all out for the 150th in terms of attractions. I do wish maybe there was like another ride thrown in there or something. Something kind of small, like a good flat ride or something like that. But even still, I think Snake River Expedition looks great. I think they're going to go all out with it. And I really like the smaller additions they're adding as well. The confectionary, the rebuild of the corral, the Mack Bowl place, the parade looks like it's going to be a lot of fun. So overall, I think the 150th season is going to be great for Cedar Point. And of course, we're all going to be looking out all next year for construction and things like that. I think we're going to start seeing some things being moved around and whatnot and some things starting to go on at the park. I wouldn't be too surprised. So we'll be keeping an eye out for that. Let me know in the comments what you guys think about these new additions. I would love to hear your thoughts. Are you disappointed? Do you wish they would have gotten a huge coaster this year? Of course, if you enjoyed this video, be sure to like it. Like my page, CoasterDaddy, on Facebook, and follow me at CoasterDaddyOfficial on Instagram. Thank you all so much for watching. This is CoasterDaddy. Bye.